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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 208 inhabitants. The parish is situated between the Black-Combe mountain and the sea, and comprises 2279 acres, … presents an uneven appearance, falling from the base of Black-Combe to a level or flat nearly as low as high-water … with the townships of Alkington, Ash Magna and Parva, Black-Park, Broughall, Chinnell, Dodington, Edgeley, Hinton, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… E. wall, N. of E. window, representation, in red with black outline, of large canopied niche with ogee head and … the back, part of the wall is of late 17th-century red and black bricks, and the rest of whitewashed brick, apparently …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… with comb and glass, 15th-century; to W., traces of black-letter inscription, mediaeval; W. of doorway, (2) … painting, early 14th-century, with some fragments of later black-letter inscription; in central niche a painted …
A History of the County of Essex
… large sheep yard. 84Its pig-breeder owner c. 1900 produced black and white Essex pigs. 85 Of the 1,141 a. for which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… chancel-arch, conventional ornament (Plate p. 85), in black line on red, early 16th-century. In N. aisleon E. wall, …
Old and New London
… the Apostles in the character of Judas. He clad him in a black robe, between cloak and gown, and a short wig, and, to brand him beyond mistake, put a black velvet patch on his forehead, such as the dean wore to … frocks, are all displayed. The predominant colours are black and blue, but there is every colour; the light drab of …
Old and New London
… these gas-works at Whitefriars, with their vast black reservoirs and all their smoke and fire, are about to …
Survey of London
… no one had a right to enter. She was attired in a long, black dress & a black veil that entirely covered her." The Prince of Wales … (purple, with an 8-inch mould). (ii) The eating-room (black and yellow, with 9-inch mould). (iii) The Council …
Survey of London
… thought converted into shooes for light Horses. The great black-Jackes set under the Table, all full of Cobwebs "You …
Old and New London
… left his house, about the year 1240, to the monastery of Black Friars or Dominicans, whose principal abode at that … of fine gold wire or else of silver, and some being of black silk: having sixteen torchbearers, besides their drums, … at the last quoth he, 'Meseemeth the gentleman with the black beard should be even he.' And with that he arose out of …